You’re Not Becoming New — God Already Declared You New

God's declaration of your new identity begins the process of transformation. God's declaration of your new identity begins the process of transformation. It is so important to understand this is who we are. Jesus died that we might have new life. [00:13:51] (30 seconds)  #NewIdentityInChrist

And it's important that we understand our old realities do not block us from new life. I want somebody to write that down. Our old realities do not block us from new life. Our old life, our sin, but even more than just sin, our old life, our systems, our shame, our survival tactics, our past identity, who we were before we came to the Lord, [00:18:20] (35 seconds)  #PastDoesntDefineYou

And the key for us to understand is that if we are going to fully move into the new life God has for us, we have to learn to let it go. I want you to do me a favor wherever you are unless you're driving. If you're driving, keep your hands on the steering wheel, ten and two, ten and two. Keep your hands on the steering wheel. But I want you to open up your hands and just let it go. Let your old life go. Let the old things you've done, let them down. Put down your weights that you've been carrying. It all is indicative of your old life. And in order to move into the new, you gotta let the old go. [00:19:19] (49 seconds)  #LetGoToMoveForward

Our old ways, our old lives was crucified on the cross with Jesus. What that means is the old way we used to do things, the old way we used to think, the way that we were born into, we are born in sin, shaped in iniquity, and that old way was nailed to the cross with Jesus so that the body ruled by a sin might be done away with. What that means is the body that was ruled by sin, our minds that used to go down the wrong path, the old life can be done away with because Jesus bore it all on the cross. It was all sacrificed with him. [00:21:38] (50 seconds)  #CrucifiedWithChrist

I want you to write this next line down. When you walk into your new life, you must take away the keys from the old life. The old life is still there. You will always remember the old. You always know what used to be. You'll remember the things that have happened to you, the pain you went through, the ups, the downs, and all of it. But it can no longer be the one holding the keys of your life. You must allow the Lord to now drive your car into the new life he has for you. [00:22:55] (40 seconds)  #GiveGodTheKeys

``He gives us access to his, if we could really contemporize it, paint the picture. He becomes our detergent that washes our sins, and when we come through the rent cycle, we stand blameless. And this is the distinction not because we are blameless indeed, but because he extends his blameless self to us, and he imparts on us a covering that blocks our sins from stopping us from being in communion with God. And once that happens, that is we then live in new life. [00:29:13] (56 seconds)  #CoveredByGrace

So we understand how we get the new life through Jesus, and it's not something that can be taken away. I want somebody to write in the chat and says nothing can take away new life. Nothing can take away new life. Nothing can take away the new life that Jesus gives. God has imparted it to us through the finished work of Jesus. [00:30:28] (26 seconds)  #NewLifeIsSecure

But the process then of sanctification, the second stage of our salvation is a long term process. The new has come. We are made new, but the sanctification process is learning how to live fully in the new life God has. [00:39:02] (21 seconds)  #SanctificationJourney